<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"> <ArticleSet> <Article> <Journal> <PublisherName>njbms</PublisherName> <JournalTitle>NJBMS</JournalTitle> <PISSN>0976-6626</PISSN> <EISSN>2455-1740</EISSN> <Volume-Issue>Volume 5, Issue 2</Volume-Issue> <PartNumber/> <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic> <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage> <Season>October - December 2014</Season> <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue> <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue> <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA> <PubDate> <Year>-0001</Year> <Month>11</Month> <Day>30</Day> </PubDate> <ArticleType>Pathology</ArticleType> <ArticleTitle>INCIDENCE OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION IN CHILDREN PRESENTING WITH FEBRILE SEIZURES AND ANALYSIS OF BACTERIOLOGICAL PROFILE</ArticleTitle> <SubTitle/> <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage> <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA> <FirstPage>53</FirstPage> <LastPage>55</LastPage> <AuthorList> <Author> <FirstName>K.L.HEMALATHA</FirstName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> </Author> </AuthorList> <DOI/> <Abstract>Objective: To find out the incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI) in children presenting with febrile seizures (FS) and to analyze the bacteriological profile in culture positive individuals, Study design: Prospective, descriptive, longitudinal study in Masonic medical center-casualty. Totally, 216children admitted with febrile seizure during the year 2010-2011 were studied for the UTI as source of fever. Outcome measures: Age sex, type of seizure previous episode, and family history of seizure,laboratory reports and clinical diagnosis of the source of infection were recorded and analyzed.Results: Nearly half of the (53.7%) FS occurred between 1 and 2 years followed by 1st year of life (24%). Out of 13 postive cultures, 9 were found in females which show more risk of UTI in female children. Sevenchildren under 1 year had UTI and 5 in the 1-3 Year age group. The children with non- Escherchia coli positive culture had significant congenital abnormalities.</Abstract> <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage> <Keywords>Children,Febrile seizure,Urine culture,Urinary tract infection</Keywords> <URLs> <Abstract>https://njbms.in/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=1479&title=INCIDENCE OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION IN CHILDREN PRESENTING WITH FEBRILE SEIZURES AND ANALYSIS OF BACTERIOLOGICAL PROFILE</Abstract> </URLs> <References> <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle> <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage> <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage> <References/> </References> </Journal> </Article> </ArticleSet>